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Rebecca has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota (2011). Before that, she attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota where she majored in Physics (2003). Her research interests include plasmas for synthesis of semiconductor nanostructures, gas-phase processing and functionalization of nanostructures, and aerosol deposition of functional films. The applications for these nanostructures and materials range from energy-oriented devices like light-emitting diodes and solar cells to biological imaging agents.

Rebecca enjoys running, cooking, and block-printing. Her husband is a doctor and informaticist who had a previous life as a photographer, and her young daughter (11 months at the time of writing) enjoys dancing to any kind of music.

His research interests include all aspects of computational electromagnetics, and electromagnetic wave propagation in complex media. He has authored/coauthored more than 70 journal articles and presented over 120 papers at conferences. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a full member of the United States National Committee (USNC) for the International Union for Radio Science (URSI) Commission B. He is also an Associate Editor for the IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL).

Jongeun Choi received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 2006 and 2002 respectively. He also received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering from Yonsei University at Seoul, Republic of Korea in 1998. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Michigan State University.

His research interests include systems and control, system identification, and Bayesian approaches, with applications to mobile robotic sensors, environmental adaptive sampling, engine control, and biomedical problems. He was a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award in 2009. His papers were finalists for the Best Student Paper Award at the 24th American Control Conference (ACC) 2005 and the Dynamic System and Control Conference (DSCC) 2011 and 2012. Dr. Choi is a member of ASME.

Brian Feeny's research interests are in dynamics and vibration, with current activities in nonlinear dynamics, chaos, proper orthogonal decomposition, friction dynamics, waves, and system identification. Some current applications include wind-turbine blade dynamics, vibrations of sports equipment and power tools, vibration absorbers, and bio-locomotion.

Dr. Foster joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as an assistant professor in January 2014. She is one of two Directors in the Electrical Machines and Drives Laboratory. From 2009 to 2013, she served as project manager of the same laboratory. Her research interests include analysis, control, reliability and manufacturability of rotating and linear electrical machines and drives.

Linos Jacovides joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as a professor in January 2014.

His research expertise includes electric propulsion, automotive electrical systems, alternative fuels and energy.

His innovations span more than 40 years and include the development of a 1,000-horsepower induction motor drive and a 4,000 horsepower generator for locomotives. He and his team also introduced automotive electronic systems including exhaust oxygen sensors, micromechanical accelerometers, fuel injectors, electric power steering and permanent magnet motors for propulsion. The design tools he developed during the 1970s are still in use for producing drives for today’s electric/hybrid vehicles.

His principle scholarly interests include power electronics, motor drives, hybrid electric vehicles, and renewable energy interface systems. Peng is also the director of the MSU Power Electronics and Motor Drives Laboratory. Electronics focuses on advanced R&D on power conversion technology and motor control for renewable energy, utility and transportation applications. The lab consists of a low-voltage (three-phase 480 V) lab and a medium-voltage (three-phase 6,000 V) lab for conducting research, development, and testing of power converters/inverters and motor drives from a fraction of kVA to ten MVA

Intelligent Transportation Systems, including Advanced Transportation Systems (ATMS), Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS), Commercial Vehicles Operations (CVO), Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII), Systems Analysis, Operations, International Border Crossing Systems, Homeland Security systems, International issues in Transportation including safety, tele-communications and congestion; Training and Education; Economic analysis of intelligent systems and advanced technologies. Involved in International activities such as presentations at IIT Roorkee in India, as a member of the Board of ITITI in India, help in academics and administrative planning. Teaching courses at MSU related to South Asia. Member of Asian Studies Center core faculty and Chair of MSU India Council, an MSU endowment.

His research is in the area of electronic and optical materials and devices, including microstuctures. Particular emphasis is on the synthesis of diamond and applications of diamond. An example of a recent diamond-related investigation is collaborative work with the National Superconducting Cyclotron Facility on the use of diamond foils for electron stripping of heavy ion beams. In this Department of Energy funded research, beams of xenon ions were accelerated through 1 micrometer thick diamond foils. Diamond electron-stripping foils, as illustrated in Figure 1, offer the potential of significantly longer life-times than conventional foils.

As a materials scientist and chemical engineer with an interest in synthesis, processing, and functionalization of ceramics and hydrogels, my research is interdisciplinary guided by the fields of energy storage/conversion and biomedicine. I argue that the entire length scale, from atoms to the macro scale and everything in between, must be viewed holistically in the design, synthesis and development of advanced materials and materials technology. Porosity is central to my group’s research. In some instances porosity, particularly at the nano scale, enables the solution-based synthesis of complex and often metastable ceramics and hydrogels with unique electrochemical, biological and mechanical properties. In other aspects of my group’s research, ironically, porosity is initially used to synthesize complex materials, in gels and powder form, to enhance subsequent densification. Essentially, I am interested in ceramics and hydrogels with a focus on studying the interplay between length scales and the absence of mass (porosity or vacancies). I hope to use this experience to discover and develop new materials and materials technology for energy and biomedicine.

Bingsen Wang obtained his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 2006. His current research interests focus on modeling and control of power electronic systems, power converter topologies, application of power electronics in renewable energy generation, and vector control of AC electric drive systems.

We are a young lab that designs and engineers functional proteins. We are focused on the development of computational and experimental tools as well astwo major areas for the application of these methods: (1) the microbial-mediated conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals that more closely approximate petroleum-derived feedstocks; and (2) development of antibody and antibody-like molecules for use as protein therapeutics against viral pathogens.